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Monday, December 10, 2012

Thankful Tuesday

Thankful Tuesday comes early to the rescue. Let's be honest, holiday season hardly inspires a feeling of gratitude among us. It's all about wish-list (want, want, want!), or sale (want, want, and more WANT), or expectations from yourself (I wish by now I would have been ... = want!) and loved ones (I wish ... would have gifted/called/visited/... = want!). Sometimes, the expectation is so high, so many people are not looking forward to the holiday season itself. No wonder anecdotally the increase of suicide rate has been associated with holiday season (although several articles has debunk this). Who can live with such high of an expectation? And why all of it has to come down to just one day/week/month of the year anyway?

Still, I'd like to think that we can all find a little respite from all the endless wanting and find a glimmer of gratefulness. Here are a few of my favorite things to get the ball rolling:

A morning hug and kiss from BabyLorp.

A good cup of tea in the morning, aaahhh!

The good feeling after I put on makeup and do my hair.

Two friendly corgis who came to greet me and BabyLorp on our outing today.